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ArchiveThe romantic rewriting of Haile Selassie’s legacy must stop by Dr Yohannes Woldemariam, 4 February 2019
… Yohannes Woldemariam trawls through the history books to expose the truths of Haile Selassie’s … for their oppression and suffering. A selective reading of…
PlaceSt. Andrews College, Grahamstown now Makhanda
… do not dismay us). This apt is very relevant given the History of the Eastern Cape. The original school building, … in various conflicts in the first 50…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… from their homes and land. Photo from book Soweto: A History by Philip Bonner and Lauren Segal Young men from all … Cameron, T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… African economic complex and that the harsh fact of history and geography cannot be obliterated, for obvious … escape to Lesotho, they ran into a South…
Book Launch: The Nightwatchman, Hlonipha Mokoena
… Black male body and their sartorial choices move through history, should be riveting. Join us and RSVP by clicking on …
PlaceThaba Chewa Municipality
… , Graskop and Pilgrim's Rest ; are artefacts of a rich History and contribute to the cultural diversity and harmony …
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The Drakensberg is the highest …
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… been called to commemorate two significant events in the history of the peoples of Great Britain, Portugal and Africa. … military power is a decisive force…
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 45 … despite this, the most serious dispute…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985 by Sean Field
… or their apathy, by saying, ‘We don’t actually have a history of feeling confident that people stand together in the coloured areas’. Note: All oral history…
Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985
… or their apathy, by saying, ‘We don’t actually have a history of feeling confident that people stand together in the coloured areas’. Note: All oral history…
EventJan van Riebeeck is born
… Van Riebeeck remains a prominent figure in the early history of colonial South Africa, and he was commander of the …
Black ViewPoint - The New Black by Bennie A. Khoapa
… very clearly where some of us stand at this time in our history. Very often the viewpoint of the so called 'militant … liberation recognises this fact and…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… rather sleepy port city. In certain respects its peculiar history marked it out as different from South Africa’s other … mainstream of the struggle for…
ArchiveThe Participation of Women in African Litterature Pre and Post-Colonialism: The Life of Micere Githae Mugo by Caroline Gathogo
… applied to Africans during colonization. Thus most of the history books about African origins are written by Europeans. … Western education; and how Africans…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation in Rwanda Kigali 19 October 2000
… free they must come to terms with the reality of their history in order to overcome its legacy. The full … road of unity and reconciliation. There was a time…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation Kigali, Rwanda, 18 October 2000
… free they must come to terms with the reality of their history in order to overcome its legacy. The full … road of unity and reconciliation. There was a time…
Address of the President of the Republic Of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Youth Day celebrations: Absa Stadium, Buffalo City Municipality
… our country to remember this epoch-making chapter in the history of our struggle for freedom. Indeed, we have once … they unlocked a wave of human energy…
83. South African Indian Council elections, November 1981: To vote or not to vote
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … or nothing and then changed tactics to fight from within…
79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … after the war. It is significant as a side-light of history…
PlaceWestern Cape Province
… trees, Arderne Gardens is an overlooked pocket of living history. Many of its trees are recognised for their … it offers a journey through both landscape and…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
… that the imbalances and inequities bequeathed to us by the history of Africa and South Africa, are beyond our capacity … inspired by the pre-eminent warrior…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the ANC National Conference on Reconstruction and Strategy NASREC, Johannesburg, 21 January 1994
… which we shall be called upon to respond to the call of history which summons us to achieve our own freedom from … plan for every eventuality, to learn the…
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
… Why consider the history of a hundred-year old law? Surely the Marikana … nor did it transform the countryside. It followed a long history of colonial…
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… are no longer legally bound by racial restrictions; but history, language, economics and ethnic politics still … politics: The Cape Flats is home to a…
PlaceNkandla, KZN
… species. Nkandla has a claim to be the ‘cradle’ of Zulu History. From Malandela to Shaka, to Dingane and Cetshwayo, … Nkandla has been at the centre stage of…
PlaceGreyville Racecourse and Convention Centre, Durban
… The History of Greyville dates as far back as 1844, when it … Hotels of Durban's Golden Mile. Greyville Racecourse made History in 1996 when it became the…
Address by President Jacob Zuma during the commissioning of the OR Tambo school of Leadership, 26 March 2010, Kaweweta, Uganda
… Ladies and Gentlemen, Today is a very important day in the history of our two countries. More than 20 years ago, South … people who stood with us during a…
Address by President of the Republic Commander-in-Chief of SANDF and Patron-in-Chief of Military Veterans at the funeral of Major General (retired) Mongameli Johnson Tshali (aka Lennox Lagu), Thaba Tshwane, 17 September 2011
… Lennox Lagu, sadly passed on. He did so at a moment in our history when the need to fortify our democratic gains has … which he remained loyal until his…